HLW Deep Borehole Design and Assessment: Notes on Technical Performance
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NFC-116.pdf
Description
NFC-116.pdf
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1.71 MB
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Author(s)
Jensen, K. G.
Driscoll, Michael J.
Date Issued
April 1, 2010
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Program
Series/Report no.
MIT-NFC;PR-116
Abstract
This is a progress report covering work through mid-April 2010 under a Sandia-MIT
contract dealing with design and siting/licensing criteria for deep borehole disposal of spent
nuclear fuel or its separated constituents.
It consists of a collection of short technical notes which scope out the performance-related
requirements of a deep borehole repository. Taken together the results highlight the need to
focus on water transport as the dominant phenomenon. In this regard, I-129 is singled out as
the likely limiting species because of its high, water chemistry-independent, solubility and
long half life.
Host rock thermal conditions are also examined, but found not likely to be a limiting
constraint. They do, however, argue in favor of using a cluster of shorter multibranch
boreholes rather than a much deeper single hole.
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